Women's Health Shortcuts

2011 Dean's Prize for Research

How Safe Is Your Neighborhood?
Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Its Association
with Functional Decline and Mortality in Older Adults

by Vivien Sun

Vivien was an outstanding
student to work with this summer
and has all the attributes that
will one day benefit her greatly
in her chosen career path as a
physician-researcher. Vivien
conceived of this study herself,
after undertaking an extensive
literature review. This degree
of independence and motivation
is a laudable quality in a busy
medical student."
Brie Williams, MD, MS
Department of Medicine